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4 'i I. t , ItLIGH Vaudeville and feature photo play. 1 A! OHKGOX Owen Moore in "Lore is an Awful Thing." LIBERTY Elections Rat urns Tonight. ... Wltfiaih V. Mcmg., Jamea Mor " rlsou and ' all stars - la Shattered Idols." , graxd Coming- Saturday and Sunday MTbeodota"-A fllm that cost r three million, the eighth w-wonder of the world. ' v"The course of true lore never runs smooth" is an adage which la exemplified in "Kindred of the Duct," produced by Raoul A. Walsh, from, the novel by Peter H. Kyne, and which is coming to the Oregon theater on Saturday tot a three day engagement t. with Miriam Cooper in the leading feminine role. 'Adolpho "JJrtijou bad barely flashed bis wor in a "heavy" role with- Penrhyn' Stanlaws In "PJnfc Goda than be started to play. In William C. De aiille'a pro ductW f Of; ''Clarence. "Pink Gods". fk thrilling story of the South African "diamond fields, featuring Bebe Daniels and James Kirkwood. Tt will be shown at the Oregon Theater Thursday. '"Love Is An Awrul Thing," coming to the Oregon theater to day.' " ha,s; a ast of expert far reiira .bpaded . by t Owen Moore. Tjie .star -has achieved unusual HBceesa In "The Poor Simp," -The , Chicken 'fa the CaseTand ,-Re-porCed-'7ik'slng." Ma chief air. in MM - !, ? Then begin I :f- -emergency- treatment witn , J VAPOROO tirclrf U sort tau a BrauMra. It's Si(-A4i'Utiag,.aaJ. lisari illpa em tat bead, clur at tae waiit aaa ' ana, ai mm tfcs eeft Iy Km. ifrwT ttmatrr cmn'l ft it. mctl "'';'. jm4drma4 9100 Wt'U mW thm CircUt r- Netno Hyrwaic-FaaKIcm fnatltwt 2Q EmU ISth SuMtw Yark. Ot M. ullbe azed iii f ue siaiueu ax its sioryneiu py every moment or its wertfgt ?bf its-glamour, "every. throb oLits-dra- ma; and, tensest of all, its drama tic conflict of moth-1 erJoveandmotHer-hate.rJ ' ' Election' Retints ToniteSwI 3 Days Starting Today THE OREGON STATESMAN. this current "picture is Douglas Carter; the colored '"ebmedian who 13 being bailed as another Bert Williams. Also In the cast is the Internationally famous Snits Edwards.' The feminine contingent Includes Marlorie Daw, Kathryn Perry and Charlotte Mineau. , The relative value of good and evil can be most effectively dem onstrated by a suitable compari son of virtue and sin and not by the eulogizing of virtue alone, thinks Katherine ifacDonald, sUr of "Trust Your Wife," the screen adaptation of' Harry S." Sheldon's newest - play of the- same name coming to the Liberty theater Friday, f This is the American Beauty's answer to those advocat ing the elimination of the "Vam pire, fron screen stories. More people were-used in the cast of ."'Theodora," the world's greatest film spectacle which Ooldwyn presents at the Grand theater Saturday .and Sunday than there are in the capitals of Florjdav Idaho, Kentucky. Louisi ana. Maryland. Mafne, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, or Wyoming. More than 25,000, people were used. In "Theodora.? & . i ( "Shattered Idols," formerly, titled "A Bride, of the Gods," now playing at -the Liberty -thea- ter is adapted from the I.A.R. Wylie noved,. "A 'Daughter iOf Brahma, which has been widely read over . two continents. The (production was a costly. one, more than 40,00p baying been spent, in .the construction of the Hindu temple alone,- the edifice having been modeled after. the. Temple- of Sives at Secnnderbad, one of the two great' Brahma'' temples still remaining in India. ' "Heart's ; Haven" is . another testimonial to BenJ. B Hampton's genius, aa a, monlder, otcXnernaU'S successes. Through his all-star system, he has made lt.posible to retain the spirit ; of the story. when adapting : it to a, photo- drama. The actors and, actresses In the all-star trstem must por tray the story characters Just. as they are,t .,whjle In - the "star system, the atory , must ,) twist ed to bring out that star's tal ents. For that reason, all that have read "Heart's Haven,'! ' lOwen Moore at the Oregon aitheyastness of its ' Enacted b & mi pi fitaiB, ingluding gilliapi y, Mons, James Morrjson. Louise Lovely, Marguer . ite DeLamotte, -Ethel Gray and 1000 players LIBERTY THEATRE SALEM. OREGON adapted from the Clara Louise Barn ham novel, will for the first time- see - the - character - of tne book step out on the- screen i--- the characters exactlr aa. tured and-Imagined. At the Lib erty next Sunday for three days. Are wives millstones aroundj naota nf their husbands? Are I ther obstacles in the way of the man fnlfiUing his ambitions and his destiny n life? Or do they help him to realize true happi ness? This much mooted question had an interesting revival as a result of the showing of "Dangerous Toys," the Federated-; feature which is at the Bligh theatre starting : today with an all-star cast headed by William Des mdnd, Margaret "Clayton and Frank Losee.' Where will you find a greater screen hero than "Bill" Hart, the famous motion picture star? Echo! answers, where? In his Artcraft Dieture-,,,Wairon Tracks", which will be shown at the Blieh thea tre next Friday and Saturday hp portrays a guide in the fifties, leading a wagon train across, the deserts and mountains toward the golden west by way of the historic old Santa Fe trail. The Hickman Bessey Co. wijl open their weekly engagement at the Bligh theatre this evening with a new- show entitled "Love and Politics." This is a dandy bill, exposing the croked methods used by many politicians. EDITORIALS O F THE PEOPLE . From Downing to Tooze Editor Statesman: "In your address at the ar moury fast Friday night before 2000 persons or more, you made the statement that, as a member of the draft board during the period of the war, Walter M. Pierce, democratic candidate fer governor of Oregon accepted pay at the rate of $1.25 per hour for bis services while sitting on thlr poard. But jrOn stopped right there. Yon'-wished 'to convey to. and leave-the " impression 'with. your audience that Walter Pierce accepted par from the federal government for his ' services as 'a member of this board and put the money in his pocket. Why dd you not go further and tell the whole truth by -saying that -wher Mr. Pierce got his check from the government he turned every dol lar of it' over to the Red Cross' That is the truth and you must have known it, for. the state press b5 "reported "at that time. f? ' 4 - ' '0 than this. the. only fcqj of Mr. Pierce had enlisted in the service and' served for twoC rari in the American artny Overseas Why not be honest, Mr. Tooze? The truth is much more becoming and nearly always more effective W.'H. DOWNING. Editor The Statesman: From H. G. Damon , I am in favor of the chief of police being appointed by the mayor. Wny? It's a cinch up der this system no chief would be allowed to' pull these frame-up 5 spectacle; Yorfll Nothing but ,l first runs and where; the shows are' always good. . SHATTERED IDOLS stunts like the bay Chief Moffitt has done, for his own glorifica tion and at the expense of the tax-' payers. Can yon imagine a chief of police running around, with a minor stool pigeon 6 ft. 2 inches tall, buying cigarettes front the merchants and then having them, arrested like Moffitt did? Under the new system he would, be i called up on the carpet and a can tied to him so long 'he never ; would quit running. I don't think onyone disputes Moffltt's title of "the youngest chief in the U. S. A." H. O. DAMON. Damon Grocery Ce. About Colony Farm Editor, Statesman; At the Pierce meeting a the armory, one of the speakers, Mrs. Weber, made the statement that the stata board of control, of which. Gover nor Olcott Is chairman and the lominatlne member, has leased from. Lee Stelner, superintendent of the asylum, and others, a farm over in Polk county, which had been cleared at stale expense and lne buildings erected by the ;tate, all of whjch revert to the rrners, of the land: As remun eration the state receives the en tire crop from the cleared land for two years, " and thereafter ays rental. The outside value of he rental; of such land would be 110 per acre a year. The state--nent was also made that a land oiler was used bn that farm, to vhlch eight or more Insane pa tents were hitched to furnish the uotive power. It Is claimed that hus a piece of non-productive and has been developed' into a' -aluable farm at ' state expense, md the owner greatly enriched hereby. If true, this la one of be remarkable achievements of he Olcott ' administration, and he voters had ought to know ibout it. Can you give your read rs the-facts?- INQIJIRER. 1 . 1 1 : . ; The facts about the Colony farm . were published in the statesman of Thursday, October 56. Some- enemies of Dr. Stelner everal months ago aent a man to the farm to investigate the roller itory. When be saw the small. light Implement- be dropped the nvestigatlon. Ed. SllTerton, Or.; Oct. 25, 1922. To the Editor: Having been a careful and constant' reader of the Jaily and Weekly press of Oregon Jince the opening of the campaign it f few ''weeks ' ago, I have taken particular pains to read and study the addresses'' of Thomas B. ' Kay Who; Is now out campaigning, for Governor Oleott. 1 ' " Now, Mr. Kay has been state treasurer 'of Oregon, and of all pienshonld know exactly what he la tailing about, ut does he? He ridicules the tax reduction program " of." Walter v. M. Pierce, democratic candidate for govern: or, and la strongly opposed to Mr. Pierce's Idea of a state graduated income tax -which will catch "both corporations and individuals mak ing enormous profits. It is a. well known fact tbat thousands of per sons' In Oregon have 'been dlBP'oa Ing of their real" estate holdings and investing the money in bonds, mortgages and other non-taxable securities.' , .- S l am only a plain farmer liyins out about 16 miles east of Sa)em, working" hard every working d4y in the year trying to make a' liy ing for myself od family, and would-be delighted if I might, at the-jwid of the xftr! find a profit after deducting the. costs of oper ating.. J. have an investment Of 12090. - I em one farmer who keeps' books 'and accurate records of my Income, and expense. ' ' I find that for the year. 1931 he gross Income from my farm was S2.-315.78. Turning to myi ex pense account I found that it cost me for taxes, labor and other ex penses necessary to operation, the sm or Z3&i.3x. , Now, use your pencil a moment. Any child can figure out by elm pie subtraction, that my total ex pense was Just 136.14 'more than my gross income. Then I began to look around for a more profitable investment," and seeing an advertisement in one of the Salem papers, made an inquiry to which I received the following AT THE LIBERTY Please note the ad in Sunday's Statesman of Capitol Apartments. If you have not read the financial statement, we would be glad to call your attention to the excel lent showing -and investment. - Or financial board, Thomas B. Kay, chairman, W. K. Wilson and Warren Armington, have guar anteed this statement correct It will pay 17 percent net. We would be pleased to haye you oe of our stockholders. for ten to fifty shares and assure you it will be safe and profitable., Over 51 percent of the stock has been Subscribed. Thanking you for a prompt reply, as .we hope to break grond on the Thiel seir'lot very'soon, -we are Very Truly, Capitol Apartment Co. By W. A. Office Room 5, McCornack Bldg. Phone 96. Ask for Mr. Armington, Now, what do you think of that? A company, with Thomas B. Kay as chairman, offering stocK guaranteed to pay 17 per cent net on your investment. Who wants to run a ranch at a loss of mpney invested in corporation stock will net 17 percent. If I had my S 20Q 00 Invested in apartment house stock netting 17 per cent, instead of a farm and farm equipment, my net income for the. past year would have been 1S.400 instead of a" loss of 136.14 as shown above. No wonder Thos. B. Kay is op posed to a graduated income tax law proposed by Mr. Pierce, for such a law would catch corpora tions and rich tax-dodgers instead of the overworked farmer. Torus trnly, HENRY JAQUET. Silverton, Or. From Walter L. Toose S'. Editor Statesman: Your article "A Dirty Lle(, and signed under the nora de plume of "Fair Play", demands an ans wer. , Your correspondent evidently believes in anything but fair playr of a square deal. That he is a modern Ananias is due to the company he now keeps, is clearly shown by the article which be has written. - rfvvery nonest man and woman knows that Walter L. Tooze. Jr chairman of the Republican state committee, torn tne pre cise truth, concerning the ser vices of Walter M. Pierce on the draft board to be true, therefqre .now could it be- a falsehood? : Your correspondent states that he turned the money over-to the Red ' Cross, but . he has no proof inai finis was dona As a. mat ter of fact, there is no record In Union county of Walter M. Pierce having contributed to the Red Cross a greater sum than ; $10 wnicn, for a man worth one half million dollars, surely shows dis loyalty to that organisation. Suppose he did turn over this draft money, to the Jled Cross as hia contribution.. How does thai J Tonight Tomorrow Thursday- Hickman Bwssy Cq. Presents LOVE and Politic A four-act drama (exposing-' the crook edness used in poli tics. Election Retains Between Acts TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER : 7r 1022 relieve him .from the contempt of honest men and" women? The draft money came from the gov ernment of the United States, which was then conducted by bis own party, and, if it might have on his future political as pirationa. The lawyers of Salem, such men aa Frank Wrightman, Roy Shields, John H. Mcary ' and many other Republican attorneys of this eity served On the d r a f t board of Marlon county, which stands second In ' population 1 of the couwties of the state, abso IntefV free'of charge; added to this, every one of these men con tributed far more than $ 1 0 each to the Red Crocs fund. There fore, these splendid, men of pur own city did this public service free of charge to the government of the United States and paid. actual cash, generous contrHni- tions in all campaigns of the Red Cross. Fair Play." it would hare been well for your candidate had ou not introduced this , discus sion as to bis Contribution of funds, which be secured as a member of the draft board, for there is nq evidence whatsoever that he ever applied it to the Red Cross fund. Your nome de ptume, "F air Play" is a misnomer; you should have signed as "Foul Play." An American Legion man must have a bomb proof conscience to vote for Pierce for . governor, and this goes for the' electorate in general. I challenge you or anyone of your ilk to prove that my eon. Walter L.Tooee, Jr., at the great Republican rally, Friday evening. Nov.. 3, 1922, made a statement of any kind or character that was untruthful, and your effort to be smirch his fair name, and to hu Literary -Digest's ? 'Fun From the Press" Here Every Week; 3 4 miliate his friends was a, damn able outrage. " '' ' ' ".' WALTER IJ T007.E, SR. Chairman Marion County ' Re publican Central, Commit'. ' Salera, Or.-t?Jov. , ' 1?S2. Kay Named on Board to , Succeed Scon A. Riggs Thomas B. Kay of Salem, has. been appointed a member of the board of trustees of the' Oregon Fire Relief Association; of Mo Minnville. succeeding Scott r A. At the Bligh Theater todty, .... There is no SCA i CIGARETTES v - ; - v. ' 1 , ';. -j-'- ' M. .... i i - - - - ' fir TWENTY : $ cigarette of such xjualitjr at such a price; Lrt Fattma tmktrt ttUynt . Today, Tomorrow and Thursday A Riotously Funny.Screen Farce" Guaranteed Pure Nonsense! . BETTER-MUSIC BYWWDUS Riggs, whose death occurred . a short .time ago., The association is one of . the state's foremost institutions, hav ing been started morev than J2t, years aco-with-only few neigh- bo ns aa roembera, and thejr gooi. names are assets, until now It Vm grown to more than C 0.0 00 mem bers and assets " 6t"' Wore1 than ; halt million' dollars. The assocta-j tion has recently erecte4 a large office building for " the viroM; handling vOf Us ' rapidly business. ".T' , ! Krowjit Tomorrow t ' other tiocrrr fc Mrns Totacoo Ca His First Weddirig Gift Wai . a Breacji pi V $f9fM oit r Pathe : '.Review- t f 12 I i repiy. . - - - Satem Or,,-Oct. 1, ,152 2i .1 t I'